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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1907
Page
59
New spring corset styles arrive from the Georgetown custom-house. Dainty yet sturdy fabrics with careful detailing promise perfect fit and comfort. Featured models include Parame Try and Sapphire, priced from 5.50 to 20.00, plus Lily of France at 6.00 to 25.00, displayed on the third floor eleventh street.
The store announces early arrival of spring models including Women's Patent Colt Ties and Tan Russia Calf Court Ties with Goodyear welt soles. Children and Misses high cut shoes in multiple lasts, prices and sizes, plus roller skates, hockey sticks, and Whiteley Exerciser demos. Fourth floor Seventh Street.
Exhibiting the new season’s millinery, Camille Rogers and other designers present mushroom hats nicknamed The Cloche and The Lamballe, with broader brims and refined shapes deemed just right. Roses lead the flowers, apricot joins soft browns and whites, and neapolitan, marine, and Yeddo braids plus leghorn straw appear. mourning hats receive notable attention in the Millinery Parlor on Second floor Tenth street.
About fifty original oil paintings from European artists offered at deep discounts. Works include marine, landscape, pastoral, and figure pieces with gilt frames. many pieces show prize provenance from Paris Salon and other exhibitions. Prices range from 2.95 to 200.00 with substantial reductions from previous sums.
The store showcases new season white fabrics including exclusive imported designs for gowns and waists. Featured are double warp suitings, jinen-finteh cloth, repp and percale, sheer muslins, 36 and 48 inch linens, with prices from 20c to 75c a yard. Also advertised are high grade sewing machines, including a $10.50 hand machine, oak cabinets, quiet self adjusting mechanisms, and partial payment plans.
A series of elegant dinners and breakfasts marked a busy social week in Washington. Ambassadors from Germany, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Norway, and others attended, with notable figures such as Mrs. Taft, Justice Harlan, and Baroness Hengelmuller among guests. The German officers touring America were feted with luncheon and dinners hosted by the German Embassy officials, while the Belmonts and Bradley households entertained prominent officials and foreign diplomats.
Altamont Spring Water touts sterilized bottles and exceptional purity. The copy cites its Alleghenies summit origin and steam-sterilized filling, claiming no competitors, with sales at 1305 F street NW and Woodward & Lothrop as exclusive agents.
Social column details the lavish wedding of Princess Liuba Lobanoff Rostovky to Prof Jerome Barker Landfield in Paris at St Michael Church. Attendees include Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Baron Offenburg, with coronation guests from Denmark and Mecklen burg. The event features ornate dress, diamond and sapphire jewelry, and a dual Protestant ceremony following civil proceedings amid Washington diplomatic finance commentary.
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